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OHSWEKEN, Ont. (August 22, 2025) – Ontario Agra and Charles Jones Industrial Ltd. presented the Great Lakes Super Sprints series on Friday at Ohsweken Speedway, with Darren Dryden, Jacob Dykstra, Dave Bailey, and John Lubeck taking A-Main victories.
Great Lakes Super Sprints
Darren Dryden started on pole with Dylan Westbrook next to him for the 360 Sprint Car A-Main. A caution came out before an official lap could be recorded; the restart was successful as Nick Sheridan rocketed ahead with the early lead. Liam Martin overtook Sheridan for the lead on lap two and quickly encountered lap traffic by the fifth lap. Dryden was able to reclaim his original position as he got around Martin for the lead with 19 laps left.
Dryden was determined to pick up this GLSS victory, as the last time he competed in a race for this series he had finished as the runner-up at Eldora Speedway. Dryden endured three more restarts, and negotiated through heavy traffic and challenging track conditions to claim the win and the $2,500 prize money. Next to finish were Westbrook in second, Sheridan third, Josh Hansen fourth, and Ryan Turner fifth.
Strickland’s Crate Sprints
Rob Neely and Andrew Hennessy brought the 28 car field to the green flag for the Crate Sprint Car A-Main. Points leader Jacob Dykstra set the pace, leading the opening lap after starting fourth on the grid. Dykstra began to encounter traffic by lap five, navigating with extreme precision.
The rest of the field raced hard but fairly on the tricky track surface; in fact not a single caution flag was thrown as they raced from flag to flag. Dykstra claimed his seventh victory of the year after leading every single lap. Next to finish were Eric Gledhill in second, Jesse Costa third, Brett Stratford fourth, and Hennessy fifth.
Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks
The front row of the grid featured Ryan Dinning and George Grosul to begin the Thunder Stock A-Main. Dinning led the opening lap and pulled away from the field. Dinning began to pace the field as he made his way around lap traffic. Lap 13 saw a major pile up that took points leader Ryan Beagle out of the race along with Trevor Monaghan and Nick Masi, and necessitated a red flag. Two subsequent caution flags appeared before racing resumed once more.
Dave Bailey tracked down Dinning and overtook him with just two laps left to go. Dinning then quickly fell into the grasp of Trevor DeBoer, losing yet another position. It was Bailey who grabbed the checkers first, picking up his 51st career win in the Ohsweken Thunder Stock class. Rounding out the top five were DeBoer in second, Dinning third, Zack Bleich fourth, and Mike Klazinga fifth.
Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks
Mike Sarantakos started on pole alongside Spencer Riddell to take the green flag for the Mini Stock A-Main. Doug Erskine jumped out into the lead, however Erskine’s lead was extinguished when Tyler Lafantasie spun after blowing out a tire and bringing out the caution flag on lap three.
John Lubeck pounced on the restart and took the lead. Lubeck looked like he was racing in a different league as his rear wheel drive Mustang was very quick, whereas newer front wheel drive cars have generally dominated the Mini Stock class in recent seasons. Lubeck did not relinquish his position once he got the lead, and became the eleventh different winner in Ohsweken Mini Stocks this season. Finishing in the top five were Doug Erskine in second, Rogan Monaghan third, Wayde Thorne fourth, and Tristan DaSilva fifth.
Up Next at Ohsweken Speedway
Slack Lumber and Window Werx present Contractors Night and Back-To-School Backpack Night on Friday, August 29. The Ohsweken Speedway weekly Friday Night Excitements divisions will be in competition including the Kool Kidz-Corr/Pak 360 Sprint Cars, Strickland’s Crate Sprint Cars, Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks, and Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks. Visit www.ohswekenspeedway.ca for more information.
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Ohsweken Speedway Statistical Report
Friday, August 22, 2025
Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
Total Entries: 123
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Great Lakes Super Sprints (30 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 25 laps – NT
1. 12DD-Darren Dryden[1]; 2. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[5]; 3. 45-Nick Sheridan[4]; 4. 88H-Josh Hansen[9]; 5. 15-Ryan Turner[7]; 6. 85-Dustin Daggett[10]; 7. 17X-Cory Turner[6]; 8. 71H-Max Stambaugh[8]; 9. X-Mike Keegan[21]; 10. 84-Mike Lichty[19]; 11. 7C-Phil Gressman[24]; 12. 70-Baily Heard[13]; 13. 17-Jared Horstman[23]; 14. 0C-Cole MacDonald[11]; 15. 0-Glenn Styres[18]; 16. 21K-Kyle Phillips[15]; 17. 6-Ryan Coniam[12]; 18. 77-Tyeller Powless[14]; 19. 5-DJ Christie[20]; 20. 68-Aaron Turkey[17]; 21. 9-Liam Martin[2]; 22. 19D-Allan Downey[22]; 23. 87XS-Skyler Evans[3]; 24. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[16]
Hard Charger – Phil Gressman +13
B-Main [Started] 12 laps – 02:55.516
1. 84-Mike Lichty[1]; 2. 5-DJ Christie[2]; 3. X-Mike Keegan[8]; 4. 19D-Allan Downey[4]; 5. 17-Jared Horstman[5]; 6. 7C-Phil Gressman[6]; 7. 11-Jamie Turner[3]; 8. 46-Kevin Pauls[11]; 9. 22JR-Allan Gilleta[7]; 10. (DNS) 71-Mike Bowman; 11. (DNS) 29W-Tyler Ward; 12. (DNS) 43-Scott Sherk
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 87XS-Skyler Evans[3]; 2. 17X-Cory Turner[2]; 3. 15-Ryan Turner[1]; 4. 85-Dustin Daggett[4]; 5. 70-Baily Heard[6]; 6. 77E-Ashton VanEvery[7]; 7. 84-Mike Lichty[5]; 8. 19D-Allan Downey[8]; 9. 22JR-Allan Gilleta[10]; 10. 29W-Tyler Ward[9]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 01:55.567
1. 12DD-Darren Dryden[1]; 2. 9-Liam Martin[2]; 3. 71H-Max Stambaugh[4]; 4. 0C-Cole MacDonald[3]; 5. 77-Tyeller Powless[8]; 6. 68-Aaron Turkey[6]; 7. 5-DJ Christie[7]; 8. 17-Jared Horstman[5]; 9. X-Mike Keegan[9]; 10. 46-Kevin Pauls[10]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 45-Nick Sheridan[3]; 2. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[2]; 3. 88H-Josh Hansen[5]; 4. 6-Ryan Coniam[6]; 5. 21K-Kyle Phillips[7]; 6. 0-Glenn Styres[4]; 7. 11-Jamie Turner[9]; 8. 7C-Phil Gressman[8]; 9. (DNS) 71-Mike Bowman; 10. (DNS) 43-Scott Sherk
Qualifications
1. 15-Ryan Turner, 00:13.048[27]; 2. 12DD-Darren Dryden, 00:13.084[6]; 3. 71-Mike Bowman, 00:13.264[21]; 4. 17X-Cory Turner, 00:13.282[5]; 5. 9-Liam Martin, 00:13.470[8]; 6. 47X-Dylan Westbrook, 00:13.548[11]; 7. 87XS-Skyler Evans, 00:13.562[9]; 8. 0C-Cole MacDonald, 00:13.665[1]; 9. 45-Nick Sheridan, 00:13.673[18]; 10. 85-Dustin Daggett, 00:13.701[7]; 11. 71H-Max Stambaugh, 00:13.702[17]; 12. 0-Glenn Styres, 00:13.730[13]; 13. 84-Mike Lichty, 00:13.750[19]; 14. 17-Jared Horstman, 00:13.780[30]; 15. 88H-Josh Hansen, 00:13.842[25]; 16. 70-Baily Heard, 00:13.872[15]; 17. 68-Aaron Turkey, 00:13.877[14]; 18. 6-Ryan Coniam, 00:13.927[20]; 19. 77E-Ashton VanEvery, 00:13.928[4]; 20. 5-DJ Christie, 00:14.034[2]; 21. 21K-Kyle Phillips, 00:14.038[12]; 22. 19D-Allan Downey, 00:14.060[22]; 23. 77-Tyeller Powless, 00:14.109[29]; 24. 7C-Phil Gressman, 00:14.123[10]; 25. 29W-Tyler Ward, 00:14.124[16]; 26. X-Mike Keegan, 00:14.125[3]; 27. 11-Jamie Turner, 00:14.276[24]; 28. 22JR-Allan Gilleta, 00:14.493[23]; 29. 46-Kevin Pauls, 00:14.719[26]; 30. (DNS) 43-Scott Sherk, NT
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Strickland’s Crate Sprints (34 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 20 laps – 05:25.285
1. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[4]; 2. 14-Eric Gledhill[8]; 3. 52-Jesse Costa[5]; 4. BS39-Brett Stratford[6]; 5. 87-Andrew Hennessy[2]; 6. 24K-Kiana Teal[10]; 7. 2M-Steve Murdock[14]; 8. 5-Tom Pellizzari[7]; 9. 94-Ryan Fraser[16]; 10. 3S-Austin Roes[9]; 11. 1-Holly Porter[12]; 12. 88-Lance Erskine[13]; 13. 74-Rob Neely[1]; 14. 53-Logan Shwedyk[22]; 15. 16X-Keegan Baker[23]; 16. 28T-Cameron Thomson[15]; 17. 44-Connor Ross[21]; 18. 24A-AJ Lewis[25]; 19. 20-Johnny Miller[20]; 20. 69K-Ken Hamilton[24]; 21. 72-Tanner Podwinski[28]; 22. 51-Trevor Young[27]; 23. 26X-Campbell Baker[19]; 24. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[17]; 25. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[26]; 26. 2-Travis Hofstetter[11]; 27. (DNF) 2S-Al Sleight[3]; 28. (DNF) 45-Curtis Gartly[18]
Hard Charger – Logan Shwedyk +8
B-Main [Started] 12 laps – 03:04.914
1. 24A-AJ Lewis[2]; 2. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[3]; 3. 51-Trevor Young[1]; 4. 72-Tanner Podwinski[4]; 5. 11W-Brennen Hagar[5]; 6. 88R-Riley Mercer[10]; 7. 8-Kurtis Connell[6]; 8. 55-Cory Whittam[9]; 9. (DNS) 50LS-Adrian Stahle; 10. (DNS) 78-Darren McLennan
Heat Race 1 [Started] 8 laps – NT
1. 14-Eric Gledhill[5]; 2. 2S-Al Sleight[6]; 3. 2-Travis Hofstetter[3]; 4. 85C-Cam MacKinnon[2]; 5. 24K-Kiana Teal[8]; 6. 53-Logan Shwedyk[7]; 7. 55-Cory Whittam[9]; 8. (DNF) 50LS-Adrian Stahle[1]; 9. (DNF) 78-Darren McLennan[4]
Heat Race 2 [Started] 8 laps – 02:00.086
1. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[1]; 2. BS39-Brett Stratford[6]; 3. 1-Holly Porter[2]; 4. 28T-Cameron Thomson[4]; 5. 26X-Campbell Baker[5]; 6. 45-Curtis Gartly[8]; 7. 51-Trevor Young[7]; 8. 8-Kurtis Connell[3]; 9. 88R-Riley Mercer[9]
Heat Race 3 [Started] 8 laps – 01:58.548
1. 52-Jesse Costa[1]; 2. 87-Andrew Hennessy[4]; 3. 88-Lance Erskine[2]; 4. 94-Ryan Fraser[3]; 5. 20-Johnny Miller[5]; 6. 16X-Keegan Baker[7]; 7. 9C-Brian Nanticoke[6]; 8. 72-Tanner Podwinski[8]
Heat Race 4 [Started] 8 laps – 02:04.740
1. 5-Tom Pellizzari[3]; 2. 74-Rob Neely[2]; 3. 2M-Steve Murdock[1]; 4. 3S-Austin Roes[6]; 5. 44-Connor Ross[5]; 6. 69K-Ken Hamilton[4]; 7. 24A-AJ Lewis[7]; 8. 11W-Brennen Hagar[8]
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Middleport Mechanical Thunder Stocks (25 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 20 laps – NT
1. 49-Dave Bailey[19]; 2. 23-Trevor DeBoer[6]; 3. 8-Ryan Dinning[3]; 4. 108-Zack Bleich[8]; 5. 93K-Mike Klazinga[16]; 6. 03-George Grosul[2]; 7. 11-Gofast Teeple[7]; 8. 427-Tim Phalen[4]; 9. 13-Kacey Huffman[22]; 10. 26-Keith Dale[10]; 11. 55-Mike Thorne[11]; 12. 22C-Chris Crowe[20]; 13. 17-Robert Disher[15]; 14. 13X-Bella General[1]; 15. 96O-John Overholt[14]; 16. 7K-Kevin Kocarik[25]; 17. 88L-Logan Ferguson[12]; 18. (DNF) 84RK-Ryan Beagle[18]; 19. (DNF) 21J-Trevor Monaghan[13]; 20. (DNF) 21-Spencer Smolders[17]; 21. (DNF) 222-Nick Masi[9]; 22. (DNF) 77-Mitch Petta[5]; 23. (DNF) 51D-Dylan Peckham[23]; 24. (DNF) 43-Kyle Andress[21]; 25. (DNF) 76-Jamie Goudge[24]
Hard Charger – Dave Bailey +18
Qualifier 1 [Started] 10 laps – 03:18.776
1. 23-Trevor DeBoer[4]; 2. 49-Dave Bailey[11]; 3. 21J-Trevor Monaghan[8]; 4. 222-Nick Masi[6]; 5. 11-Gofast Teeple[5]; 6. 21-Spencer Smolders[10]; 7. 55-Mike Thorne[7]; 8. 17-Robert Disher[9]; 9. 427-Tim Phalen[3]; 10. 13X-Bella General[1]; 11. 43-Kyle Andress[2]; 12. 51D-Dylan Peckham[13]; 13. (DNF) 7K-Kevin Kocarik[12]
Qualifier 2 [Started] 10 laps – 03:20.251
1. 8-Ryan Dinning[2]; 2. 93K-Mike Klazinga[9]; 3. 03-George Grosul[1]; 4. 88L-Logan Ferguson[7]; 5. 108-Zack Bleich[5]; 6. 84RK-Ryan Beagle[10]; 7. 22C-Chris Crowe[11]; 8. 26-Keith Dale[6]; 9. 77-Mitch Petta[3]; 10. 96O-John Overholt[8]; 11. 13-Kacey Huffman[4]; 12. 76-Jamie Goudge[12]
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Insta-Insulation Mini Stocks (34 Entries)
A-Main [Started] 15 laps – NT
1. 14L-John Lubeck[6]; 2. 44-Doug Erskine[4]; 3. 04-Rogan Monaghan[17]; 4. 46-Wayde Thorne[18]; 5. 01-Tristan DaSilva[21]; 6. 32L-Grayden Lyons[3]; 7. 17-Alex Riley[16]; 8. 5K-Ken Hair[12]; 9. 24R-Nick Clarke[23]; 10. 54-Christopher French[5]; 11. 23-Dusty DeBoer[11]; 12. 15-James Houghton[20]; 13. 24B-Brendan Lefrancois[24]; 14. 1-Jason Tolton[9]; 15. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[1]; 16. 17K-Spencer Riddell[2]; 17. 64-Nick Erskine[13]; 18. 00-Steven Boverhof[25]; 19. 32-Gillian Hils[22]; 20. 79-Steve Miller[28]; 21. 26-Alexander Klotz[7]; 22. 11J-Jeff Elsliger[8]; 23. 30-Joe Dirt[26]; 24. 9-Tim DeBoer[14]; 25. (DNF) 611-Teddy Sheppard[27]; 26. (DNF) X-Jeremy Cooper[15]; 27. (DNF) X2-Tyler Lafantaisie[19]; 28. (DNF) 38P-Bill Pearsall[10]
Hard Charger – Tristan DaSilva +16
B-Main [Started] 6 laps – NT
1. 01-Tristan DaSilva[6]; 2. 32-Gillian Hils[2]; 3. 24R-Nick Clarke[10]; 4. 24B-Brendan Lefrancois[8]; 5. 00-Steven Boverhof[1]; 6. 30-Joe Dirt[11]; 7. 611-Teddy Sheppard[13]; 8. 79-Steve Miller[4]; 9. 09-Clinton Barrick[3]; 10. 11-Mike Giberson[12]; 11. 265-Mike Evers[9]; 12. (DNF) 12-Mark Deagle[7]; 13. (DNF) G8-Jesse Duguay[5]; 14. (DNS) 4A-Mason Anderson
Qualifier 1 [Started] 8 laps – 02:50.487
1. 32L-Grayden Lyons[2]; 2. 11J-Jeff Elsliger[6]; 3. 64-Nick Erskine[10]; 4. 14L-John Lubeck[4]; 5. X2-Tyler Lafantaisie[15]; 6. 23-Dusty DeBoer[8]; 7. 04-Rogan Monaghan[12]; 8. X-Jeremy Cooper[11]; 9. 6X-Mike Sarantakos[1]; 10. 38P-Bill Pearsall[7]; 11. 00-Steven Boverhof[3]; 12. 09-Clinton Barrick[13]; 13. G8-Jesse Duguay[14]; 14. 12-Mark Deagle[9]; 15. 265-Mike Evers[17]; 16. 30-Joe Dirt[5]; 17. 611-Teddy Sheppard[16]
Qualifier 2 [Started] 8 laps – 02:51.454
1. 44-Doug Erskine[2]; 2. 46-Wayde Thorne[12]; 3. 17-Alex Riley[11]; 4. 26-Alexander Klotz[4]; 5. 1-Jason Tolton[6]; 6. 9-Tim DeBoer[10]; 7. 17K-Spencer Riddell[1]; 8. 54-Christopher French[3]; 9. 5K-Ken Hair[8]; 10. 15-James Houghton[14]; 11. 32-Gillian Hils[9]; 12. 79-Steve Miller[16]; 13. 01-Tristan DaSilva[5]; 14. 24B-Brendan Lefrancois[15]; 15. 24R-Nick Clarke[13]; 16. 11-Mike Giberson[17]; 17. (DNS) 4A-Mason Anderson
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About Ohsweken Speedway: Opened in 1996, Ohsweken Speedway is a motorsports complex and event centre featuring a 3/8 mile clay oval auto racing track and 1/6 mile clay oval Micro Sprint and Karting track. The facility is owned by the Styres family, and located in the village of Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada. Ohsweken’s weekly Friday Night Excitement racing program runs from May to September each year, featuring 360 Sprint Cars, Crate Sprint Cars, Thunder Stocks, and Mini Stocks, while the facility also hosts weekly Micro Sprint and Kart racing on Thursday nights.
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